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Photos: Sand storm hits smog-choked Beijing

A Chinese woman tries to protect herself as Beijing is hit by a sandstorm as well as air quality worse than the highest classification of “hazardous” on February 28, 2013. State media reported that Beijing air pollution levels reached extremely hazardous levels for the second time this week as citizens struggled to protect themselves from the two-pronged hazards of dust and pollution.

Photograph by: MARK RALSTON
, AFP/Getty Images

The people of Beijing have been dealing with dangerously high levels of pollution for months, and on Thursday breathing became even harder when a sand storm hit the Chinese city. Take a look.

A Chinese woman tries to protect herself as Beijing is hit by a sandstorm as well as air quality worse than the highest classification of “hazardous” on February 28, 2013. State media reported that Beijing air pollution levels reached extremely hazardous levels for the second time this week as citizens struggled to protect themselves from the two-pronged hazards of dust and pollution.